now at eight: a growing fire and growing fears. sections of yosemite -- lost to flames -- we are there as firefighters try to get an upper hand. a bay area- run camp in yosemite feeling the burn. losing everything dating back nearly 100 years. a jailhouse interview that has one ex-con saying. he didn't kill a beloved oakland investigator. but her family has a different take. more clues to a crime at the tiffany's in walnut creek. investigators hoping the new clues will help crack the case. and "my-cy" has some of her a-list friends shaking their heads after this shaky performance at m-t-v's video music awards.

i'm pam moore. a full hour of your prime- time news at eight. starts right now. the sierra nevada has never seen a fire this size. the flames now covering 250- square miles and no expected anytime soon. the fire lines just five miles from tuolomne city. and closing in on san francisco's source of power and water. we have team coverage on the "rim fire". which tonight is still burning out of control inside and outside yosemite national park. here's the latest. the fire has now burned almost 150 - thousand acres. it is now the 13th- biggest fire in state history. firefighters say containment is up to 15 percent. and the fire line is now only about a mile away from the hetch hetchy water

reservoir. officials are monitoring water and power supplies for san francisco. we will have more on that in a moment. we begin with kron 4's grant lodes joins us now with the incredible pictures and video that caputre this devastating blaze. grant? dry brush and tall tree burning fire is challenging fire fighters fire racing jumping tretop to treetop

fire is only getting bigger in just three days, the fire has exploded. lok at how much it has grown since friday. it is now ranked as the biggest fire ever in the sierra nevada. and it is guaranteed to grow bigger. fire crews are letting it burn in this direction, toward the high country where the vegetation is thinner. they have stopped the fire near hetch hetchy reservoir. the o'shaughnessy dam is surrounded by smoke, but no 1 camp mather to the south, the vacation site was incinerated over the weekend, along with berkeley's camp tuolomne. continuing our coverage on this wildfire, kron 4's charles clifford is in thousands of firefighters square miles. on monday...

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as charles clifford just mentioned. the beloved camp, run by the city of berkeley, is also a casualty of the fire. screen, you can see web photographs of what the like before the fire. and on the right is new video of the devastation there. we spoke to a former counselor who says he has been going there just about every year since he was a baby. and adds. this destruction is heartbreaking for so many people. "i fell shell shocked states counclelour >>".never be the same."

and happening right now in berkeley. people are gathering for a vigil for camp tuolumne. the city of berkeley says, the camp is insured and officials plan to work with the national forest service to rebuild. but they do not whether if they will be able to fully restore the camp, since environmental rules have changed since the camp was first built in 1922. continuing our team coverage now happening now. athe reservoir supply sater twater for millons

of peple. ms.ash an san franciso remain in a state of emergency

of the countdown to the shutdown of the bay bridge. now just two-days left until the temporary closure. here are the details you need to know. all lanes in both directions will close at 8:00- pm on wednesday night, august 28th. workers will then transition the old roadway. to the new eastern span. if all goes correctly -- the bridge will re-open five days later. on tuesday, september third at 5:00 am -- the day after labor day

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for battlefield valor has been awarded to staff sergeant ty michael carter of antioch. army staff sergeant ty carter was with his unit when he came under attack by taliban insurgents in afghanistan in october 2009. the army says during that fierce fire fight, carter ran ammunition to his unit and risked his own life to save fellow soldiers. carter was one of 45 2009 battle. president obama speaking to

the audidene eight others were killed. the names of the eight attack are engraved on a steel band carter wears on "jr live tease" also ahead at eight. back after the break on kron 4 news. burglars targeting east bay workers. involving snakes.

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school is starting for kids throughout the bay area. as kron four's terisa estacio reports, at on east bay school kids say summer is better here in alameda. this is it. everyone is dressed up

and ready to go. there were a lot of parents holding hands of anxious kids. and a lot of pictures taken to mark the moment. for most students across the board, they were happy to see summer go, and get back to learning. and the parents we talked with were equally pleased to embrace a new school yeawr. in alameda.

stay with kron-4. your bay area back-to - school station. you can go to our facebook page to see pictures of some of the kron talent. when they were students. and we want to see 'your' photographs -- you can send them to breaking -news at kron-4 dot com. back to school schedules. still ahead on kron 4 news at 8-- the search for sandra coke ended with her body found near a vacaville park. our justine waldman sits down with the person of interest in the case. randy alana. the jailhouse interview. is coming up. plus: a shocking murder in louisiana involving a young boy has rekindled the debate over video games causing violence. our gabe slate has a list of the most violent games out there on the market right now. and former disney star miley cyrus making headlines. for her more than eye-catching performance at the m-t-v video music

awards. happening now at 8-30-- back after the break.

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and outside yosemite national park. with thousands of firefighters battleing the blaze. you can see just how massive it is from these new pictures. here's the latest. the fire has now burned almost 150 - thousand acres. making it the 13th- biggest fire in state history. firefighters say containment is up to 15 percent. the fire line is now only reservoir. figh officials tell us tonight. water and power supplies for san francisco are not affected at this time. but they are closely monitoring the situation. three weeks after her body was found in vacaville. police still have not

arrested anyone for the 50-year old lived in oakland and worked as a federal investigator. she vanished on august 4th. after telling her daughter she was going to the store. after an intense search. investigators found her body on august 9th. police say she was the have not released a cause of death. police do have a person of interest in the case. and he claims the two were in a loving relationship. ... kron 4's justine waldman is here now with the jailhouse randy alana. alana is aggressive,

approachable and desperate for approvale. he is at the santa rita jail on a parole violation. for contacting coke when he wasn't allowed to. a piece of glass seperated us.and we spoke over thei could only take notes. no during the interview. he got angry, wept and constantly deined he did anything to harm. the woman he called his "gem" and "jewel." but coke's family tells me. randy alana.has a 30-year his one criminal history. his record includes rape, kidnapping and a manslaughter conviction for killing a fellow inmate in during our jailhouse interview. alana told me. >>"people change. i have changed. i am not who i was 35 years ago." alana would ramble about his his treatment behind bars. whenever we spoke about sandra coke. he would cry. telling me. "why would i love?" planned to marry. they meet 20 years ago. while she interviewed him on a case she worked on. alana remembered how coke would hide his criminal

past from her family and friends. it bothered him he says. that coke was embarassed by him. alana was the last person 4th. a date he says. his lawyer will not let him talk about. coke. his answer. >>"absoloutley not. not physically but sometimes love hurts. she hurt me and i hurt her." he would not elaborate. when i asked him. who do you her? tears.that police. me." grieving their loss. and a spokesperson told me. >>"why would we or anyone else believe what he has to ms.the family is also very upset that three weeks after in made no arrests. authorities can only hold alana for 180 days. he has a parole hearing in november. he thinks he'll be let go. 1. you said he cried. how else did he act when you

talked to him? 2. he denies killing her. but won't say where he was. the day she vanished. he offers nothing as far as an alibi? 1. he got the most angry when i would take notes. pointing at the glass between us, raising his arms, evening trying to look at what i was writing down. but he cued the tears as soon as we talked about sandra. taking his long, dramatic pauses. 2. alana said police always look at the spouse first during an investigation. and considering his criminal past. he says he isn't surprised that police are looking at him.

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as a part of our ongoing series on illegal dumping, stanley roberts takes a look at an east bay city that is trying to stay ahead of the curve but the problem is more than just trash as we find out in this edition of people behaving badly you can tell when a city has a problem with illegal dumping when you see a sign the size of a small car. welcome to the city of antioch where as a way to combat illegle dumping the city with a contracted with a waste management company however they only pick up debris that is on the city's right of way in other word on the street like this recliner so all the little nook and crannies of the city is where the illegal dumpers are moving like this alley just off west tenth street, kinda off the beaten path but still on a city street albiet it unpaved you will find stuff dumped in industrial parks like these used tires which is on private property it appears that the illegal dumpers are now looking for

places that are null and void of cameras but it's not just trash this is a this is an acura tl that appears to be for sale for only 7000 dollars it's missing license plates it would seem that the owner has multiple cars for sale on it's windshield a 72 hour notice that it will be towed , behind it a honda civic also missing plates, with dmv paperwork in the window about to be towed i called the number on the window it belongs to a body shop located in antioch . no matter what it is from cars to trash you don't get to leave it on the streets antioch residents deserve better in antioch stanley roberts kron 4 news burning man is back! the annual festival in nevada's black rock desert starts again, today. st row the #3 violent video game hitman absolution violent video game

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narrator: in the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. in new york city, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the special victims unit. these are their stories. tag and bag as soon as the detectives are through. she's been out here long enough. what's up, doc? veronica tandy, 34 years old stabbed in the back, raped from behind. any fluids? not that i can see. we'll swab, hopefully find traces with the luma. i got a domestic homicide mid-town so i scheduled the autopsy later this afternoon. don't be late, yeah. don't be late. she's got a bruise on her neck. she was yoked. warner: external examination found no traces o traces of sem. further testing showed